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Ryukusa is a talker, rather than a doer, but the fact that she is a Water dragonette means she would immediately sense any killing intent from you. So you can't turn to subterfuge. It's not really your style in any case. You prefer to be up front and plain in your efforts, even if that is technically an assassination. On the other hand, she could try and sway you, but she would realize you can't be. It's a difficult problem, and the sensation of Akari landing on the ground only two kilometers away leaves you with just a little time to decide.

>Choose only one.
[] Meet them mid-air, where Akari cannot dodge and Ryukusa won't allow you to attack Akari in her place.
[] Meet them where they land, since there are only two places for her to land well nearby and you can reach whichever one she aims for – her aim will be obvious by how she leaps.
[] Attack Ryukusa when they land immediately, avoiding any attempt to escape and bypassing the clever wordplay of that damn monster, so that your positions are clear.

>>42578744
>[] Meet them mid-air, where Akari cannot dodge and Ryukusa won't allow you to attack Akari in her place.
Hey XS. Things going well on your end?

>>42578744
>[x] Meet them mid-air, where Akari cannot dodge and Ryukusa won't allow you to attack Akari in her place.
Tactics!

>>42578744
>[] Meet them mid-air, where Akari cannot dodge and Ryukusa won't allow you to attack Akari in her place.

>>42578776
>It rained, so the smoke is cleared out for the next few days.

>>42578744
>[] Attack Ryukusa when they land immediately, avoiding any attempt to escape and bypassing the clever wordplay of that damn monster, so that your positions are clear.
Good luck, dude.

>>42578814
Clearly nature took pity on you, that much fire is just unfair.

>>42578744
>[] Meet them mid-air, where Akari cannot dodge and Ryukusa won't allow you to attack Akari in her place.
Man, the office politicking up in the Heavens must be fierce, what with line managers trying to interfere with the President's secretary coming back to work from disability leave.

>>42578865
It probably works on bureaucracy and spite.

>>42578744
>[] Meet them mid-air, where Akari cannot dodge and Ryukusa won't allow you to attack Akari in her place.


>Ryukusa is a talker, rather than a doer

Well, this guy is as delusional as he is pretty

>>42578921
Let's hope he's as incompetent as well!

>>42578865

The guy is probably from Clan Ryo, which is more of an independant contractor than part of the bureaucracy.

Also, Ryukusa is the President's personal black ops. captain, not a secretary.

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[X] Meet them mid-air, where Akari cannot dodge and Ryukusa won't allow you to attack Akari in her place.

You stand up and stretch, your muscles creaking and your bones popping easily. You heft your sword to your shoulder and look up at the sky.

The main problem with this method is that your not actually attacking the leaper, but the passenger. On the other hand, you've seen first hand that Ryukusa values her brainwashed groupies more than most of her type do. She might actually care for them, deluding herself that the choice she is making really is the best for her and those around her. She's wrong of course; they always are. It's not honor that keeps the clans together, it's necessity. The world is a hostile place, and humans are making it more and more difficult for the spirit-children with every passing decade. Their self-involvement, even with the Emperor's power to keep them spiritually stable, always leads to suffering.

Still the two biggest advantages to this method are that Akari cannot dodge in any way, and Ryukusa is most likely going to defend Akari, to her own risk. On your own part, that does mean you won't be able to dodge either, but you're tougher than Akari and Ryukusa, even with the curse that Akari is functioning under after breaking the Crystal Mask. Why Lady Jinyuu would give something so precious to a child, you haven't the slightest idea. Still, even if you miss, you have a much better range than Akari – they can't exactly outrun you.

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>>42579017
So the final decision is the method of your attack.

>Choose only one.
[] A literally direct assault from below, using all the speed and power at your command to drive the attack in a line to your target and at the very least separate Ryukusa and Akari.
[] Striking from above in silence, leaping over them both and coming down from high above them. Perhaps not quite as accurate, but if Akari using a princess carry (which is the only thing that would make sense) there will be no way that Ryukusa can do anything save attempt a block.
[] Meet them head on, matching their velocity and speed; it's an obvious maneuver, one that lets them know you're coming for them, but Akari's only defense would be to drop Ryukusa....and you're pretty sure Ryukusa won't allow that.

>>42579036
>[] Striking from above in silence, leaping over them both and coming down from high above them. Perhaps not quite as accurate, but if Akari using a princess carry (which is the only thing that would make sense) there will be no way that Ryukusa can do anything save attempt a block.

>>42579036
>[x] Striking from above in silence, leaping over them both and coming down from high above them. Perhaps not quite as accurate, but if Akari using a princess carry (which is the only thing that would make sense) there will be no way that Ryukusa can do anything save attempt a block.
RIP this dude

>>42579006

Well, he seems to have some ammount of tactical skills, and to be a pretty good fighter compared to his peers, but his reasoning and perceptiveness appear to be very poor.

I mean, from his internal monologue alone (which, to be fair, is somewhat unfair), I'd be more worried to have to face the water dragonette who tried to spook Ryukusa with sea snakes.

>>42579007
Secretary doesn't just mean "taker of notes and organizer of schedules".
It can also mean a person deputized to act with the full authority of the person they represent in a given capacity or field.
That's why the Secretary of State is, while not the President, is still a big deal.
This depends on the corporate culture, of course.
Given the age of thy Heavens and of the position, I think they use the older meaning.

>>42579036
>[] Striking from above in silence, leaping over them both and coming down from high above them. Perhaps not quite as accurate, but if Akari using a princess carry (which is the only thing that would make sense) there will be no way that Ryukusa can do anything save attempt a block.

>>42579036
>[] Striking from above in silence, leaping over them both and coming down from high above them. Perhaps not quite as accurate, but if Akari using a princess carry (which is the only thing that would make sense) there will be no way that Ryukusa can do anything save attempt a block.

>>42579036
>[] Meet them head on, matching their velocity and speed; it's an obvious maneuver, one that lets them know you're coming for them, but Akari's only defense would be to drop Ryukusa....and you're pretty sure Ryukusa won't allow that.
>>42579078
Maybe it's a double-bluff and he's actually very perceptive but pretending not to be for us!

>>42579036
>[] Meet them head on, matching their velocity and speed; it's an obvious maneuver, one that lets them know you're coming for them, but Akari's only defense would be to drop Ryukusa....and you're pretty sure Ryukusa won't allow that.

>>42579036
>[] Meet them head on, matching their velocity and speed; it's an obvious maneuver, one that lets them know you're coming for them, but Akari's only defense would be to drop Ryukusa....and you're pretty sure Ryukusa won't allow that.


Man, this guy is a riot.

It's always pretty interesting to see how other characters see the plot, though

>>42579112

>"Ahaha, I'm so good I fooled the readers!"

>>42579130
Sure is.
Granted most of them have an alternate perspective that's useful which so far this guy's hasn't been. But quite entertaining!

>>42579173
Everything's possible, anon!

>>42579183

Well, it gives us an idea how a kind of people interprete Ryukusa's actions. The "brainwashed groupies" part is particularily interesting

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>>42579183
Well in this case we're getting a first look at what one of the old snake's patsies believes from what he's been told.

>>42579313

10/10 pic, will laugh again next time I see it

I wonder: is it possible to open a Barrier around yourself when attacked, excluding your opponent, use the difference of time flow to dodge, and then drop the Barrier?

>>42579036
[] Striking from above in silence, leaping over them both and coming down from high above them. Perhaps not quite as accurate, but if Akari using a princess carry (which is the only thing that would make sense) there will be no way that Ryukusa can do anything save attempt a block.

It's so interesting to see alternative perspectives. I wonder how much is speculation and how much is just lies. Based on the time-frame, it's possible it's all just the former.

>>42579592

The dude seems to have both witnessed Ryukusa's behavior frist-hand and to have a poor opinions of Water dragonettes. I'd say it's his interpretation of what he saw and was told, with the "becoming a monster" part being mostly lies to make him attack

>>42579577

I would assume that there are a couple of issues with doing that.
1 - a strong opponent could forcibly include themselves in the barrier
2 - Creating a barrier to move a bit then dropping it would likely be an excessive waste of energy for what it achieves, especially considering the number of abilities and skills which could fill a similar role.

But a good thought none-the-less.

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[X] Striking from above in silence, leaping over them both and coming down from high above them. Perhaps not quite as accurate, but if Akari using a princess carry (which is the only thing that would make sense) there will be no way that Ryukusa can do anything save attempt a block.

You crouch, and consider the best angle for the attack. True, the direct assault is effective, and could be quite devastating, but a miss – unlikely as it is – would leave you traveling a greater distance than you feel comfortable with them having on you. The head-on approach, as honorable as it is, would also let Akari and Ryukusa both react or respond, and that's exactly what you don't want at this point. So the stealthy death-from-above it is; sometimes simplicity is truly the most effective method of dealing with a problematic mission. And both of these girls are problematic in their own ways.

Slowly you crouch, feeling the earth and stone around you, under you, and feeling her land. A kilometer and a half this time. Not out of the range you expected from her. Akari still only has two landing points. The trees are making things difficult for her, you suspect, as they will for you when you land, since neither of those two places are going to be in your arc. She leaps, choosing the further of the two landing points, which gives you a very nice diagonal angle of descent to intercept her with. You close your eyes, imagining her flight, and with a swirl of dust you are in flight, en route to the kill.

~~~~

>>42579036
>[x] Meet them head on, matching their velocity and speed; it's an obvious maneuver, one that lets them know you're coming for them, but Akari's only defense would be to drop Ryukusa....and you're pretty sure Ryukusa won't allow that.

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>>42579853
Akari didn't actually expect you to make her carry you, but you weren't kidding when you told her she was going to carry you there. As fast as you are, you'd outdistance her in seconds, and so it is much faster if she uses her powerful jumps to get both of you to the island as quickly as possible. Of course, there was a little time spent indulging her fascination and getting her calmed enough that she wouldn't be distracted by having you in her arms while she was leaping a mile or so at a time.

You had no idea exactly how much your enjoyment of haute couture flipped her switches, really. And it really, really does.

Typically, you only get the view of the world you have in her arms at the moment when you're in a Barrier, and everything is washed out and grey. By starlight and Tsukuyomi's light, the world is beautiful from up here, even though you only have a few tens of seconds to enjoy it.

“Do you feel okay, aniki?” she asks through the rushing wind you suspect she's concerned about your blood pooling when she leaps, something you already thought of from the previous time she leaped with you in her arms.

“I'm fine – it's beautiful up here!” It is too. Only a few clouds lingering after you summoned them, and it's too early for the fogs to be rolling in from the ocean. She lands with a practiced crouch, easing you down rather than landing with a bone-jarring thud like you first expected. It has more to do with her power stemming from the earth, than it does with her technique. “We're more than halfway there,” you mention to her, the map she showed you in your head as clearly as if you'd drawn it on your arm. Which you didn't do, as that would interfere with your hug.

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>>42579880
She smiles, and leaps skyward once more, aiming for one of the few places she can make an effective landing. The lift off takes some effort on your part, as her own body can withstand a few hundred G-forces. You have to actively keep your blood where it's supposed to be for the first few hundred feet, or you'd black out. It couldn't actually harm you, no, but you like being awake.

….especially when you catch glimpses of people darting into the air faster than Akari can.

“Did you see....”

You stop the sentence short, because it's obvious what's about to happen. An ambush, by someone who is incredibly skilled, and incredibly confident. You only have instants to react, which for you feels like forever.

[] Draw Ame-no-Omukade-no-Musume and redirect the coming attack.
[] At these speeds the only weapon you have strong enough to block with is Yama-no-Musume-no-Okurimono without risking injury!
[] He has to be coming from above – an uppercut with your left hand might change the way he sees things!
[] Kiss Akari and fall – he's probably after you, not her.
[] Using winds will get you both out of the way but she's been very careful about trees....

>>42579880
Looking pretty stylish there, Ryukusa.

>>42579896
>[x] He has to be coming from above – an uppercut with your left hand might change the way he sees things!

>>42579896
[] He has to be coming from above – an uppercut with your left hand might change the way he sees things!

>>42579896
>[] He has to be coming from above – an uppercut with your left hand might change the way he sees things!

>>42579896
>[X] He has to be coming from above – an uppercut with your left hand might change the way he sees things!

>>42579896
>[] He has to be coming from above – an uppercut with your left hand might change the way he sees things!

>>42579896
>[] Using winds will get you both out of the way but she's been very careful about trees....
Ehhh, fuck it.

>>42579896
[] Kiss Akari and fall – he's probably after you, not her.

>>42579896
>[x] At these speeds the only weapon you have strong enough to block with is Yama-no-Musume-no-Okurimono without risking injury!

>>42579880
That's pretty nice fanart. No wonder Akari appreciated the outfit so much!

>>42579896
>[] Kiss Akari and fall – he's probably after you, not her.

>>42579896
>[] He has to be coming from above – an uppercut with your left hand might change the way he sees things!
Time to change his view...

>>42579880
Ryukusa looks lovely, hope this artist draws more sometime

>>42579896
>He has to be coming from above – an uppercut with your left hand might change the way he sees things!

>>42579896
>[] Draw Ame-no-Omukade-no-Musume and redirect the coming attack.
>[] At these speeds the only weapon you have strong enough to block with is Yama-no-Musume-no-Okurimono without risking injury!

>>42579896

>[] Kiss Akari and fall – he's probably after you, not her.
>[] He has to be coming from above – an uppercut with your left hand might change the way he sees things!


Ah, boxing... the art to hit without being hit, and the style that allow the strongest strikes.

Well, if the attacker doesn't surrender, Okurimono is the weapon I recommand

>>42580219

Come to think of it, Ryukusa would be scarily efficient at boxing

>>42580321
>Hands of literal gemstone
I don't think she'd get many volunteers for a bout.

>>42580321
And people would underestimate it, thinking it's a foreign style, used by some punk. Simple means the exact opposite of effective.

>>42580461
Ineffective*, seems like breakfast is in order.

What kind of edgy anime bullshitpost is this thread. Literal cancer killing /tg/ also yiff in hell.

>>42580552
Amber Diceless and Legends of the Wulin.

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[X] He has to be coming from above – an uppercut with your left hand might change the way he sees things!

With Akari still rising, and your enemy falling down towards you, you are in the unenviable position of having to make a defense from a position of literally zero leverage. At least, that ~would~ be the case for almost anyone else. You have two advantages that no one could have possible expected: an invulnerable left arm, and the absolute trust of your niji-chan. Well, three, if you count being immortal.

On the other hand, there are plenty of ways to kill an immortal, and most spirit-children have access to several. So you'd much rather not test your immortality at all and react as though your life is on the line. With a single word, “Ambush,” you let Akari-niji-chan know that you're about to pull some stupendous nonsense out of your grab-bag of insane tricks. And this one is a fuckin' bad one.

Whipping a pair of long chained handcuffs out of ~Nowhere~ you whip it against Akari's wrist, hard enough to close it. She stiffens, not out of shock or fear, but so you can use her as a point of solidity to work off of. You glance up at the dragonne falling towards you – he's bare chested, with a lot of heavy looking gold ornaments, and a long-handed, short bladed Chinese dao (more of a cleaver than a sword, for all that he's holding it like a two-handed sword) – and calculate the velocity and angles in your head instantly.

>>42580552
>he doesn't even Dragonette

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>>42580589
There's no two ways about it, you and Akari-niji-chan are going to take a fall. But at least it will be a fall under your control. Pushing yourself off her shoulders and out of her carry with your arms and falling backwards, you straighten your legs for an instant....and then bend them, catching her other arm under your knees. The momentum causes you to flip over so you are once more right side up, and then you tug on the chain. Akari takes the hint immediately, and even as the dragonne – SHIT! It's Sakomu-sensei! A STONE dragonne! – even as Sakomu-sensei reaches you both, she hurls you up towards him, assuming the direction he is in by the tug you gave being opposite him.

You wrap your right hand around the handle of Okurimono-sama, but it is your left hand you lead with, extending just as he swings. The grimace he makes is fleeting, merely a twitch of his lips, but it's enough; he redirects his swing into your fist and he's definitely unhappy about the fiasco you've created between yourselves. You don't alter your aim for his solar plexus, and the jarring shock to your left arm aches deep into your skeleton, slivers of sapphire and chunks of hot metal exploding from the impact.

While ordinarily it should have driven you into the ground with the force of a meteor strike, the fact that you took the impact on your left arm gives you a reprieve by having transformed the momentum and force into heat. Yay for supernatural strength and invulnerability. He's only tossed back a few feet, and then falls towards the ground twisting so he'll land feet first. You're falling as well, but not flung backwards as you might have been if you'd blocked with anything else.

>>42580589
>you let Akari-niji-chan know that you're about to pull some stupendous nonsense out of your grab-bag of insane tricks.


Yui has probably been taking notes of all the ones we've used to far

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But that's why you handcuffed Akari-niji-chan. You glance down and then yank her towards you with the chain, catching her as well as changing your angle and velocity. While you are still going to hit trees, it's not nearly as many of them. You're not falling quickly yet either.

“Was that...?”

“Yeah.”

“Aniki....”

“I know. We're going to be hitting branches, but only branches.”

“....kamidamnit, aniki!” Wow, that's about as pissed as you've ever heard her. They're wood, and she's not going to be invulnerable to that. In fact, shes going to be downright helpless considering they're alive.

[] Can you keep him off for as long as it takes me to heal?
[] How bad are the branches going to hurt you?
[] I have a para-sail, but it's going to give him a whole lot of time.
[] Gomennasai, niji-chan, I didn't know until he got here!
[] Hush, let me take the brunt of this.

>>42580642
>[] Hush, let me take the brunt of this.

>>42580642
>[] Gomennasai, niji-chan, I didn't know until he got here!
>[] How bad are the branches going to hurt you?

>>42580642
>[] Hush, let me take the brunt of this.
>[] Can you keep him off for as long as it takes me to heal?

>>42580642
>[X] Gomennasai, niji-chan, I didn't know until he got here!
>[X] Can you keep him off for as long as it takes me to heal?

>>42580642
[x] Hush, let me take the brunt of this.
[x] Can you keep him off for as long as it takes me to heal?

>>42580642
>[X] Go in to barrier mode and start flying?

>>42580642
>[X] Go into Barrier Mode and start flying.

>>42580802
>>42580828
Ignore first one.

>>42580854

I mean, just putting her in something the branches can't pierce would be enough to protect her.

>>42580642
>[] Gomennasai, niji-chan, I didn't know until he got here!
>[] Hush, let me take the brunt of this.

Could we create some icicles and use them to clear the path?

>>42580886

The ideal would be a futon and a chainmail.

Unless if we have an iron cauldron big enough to countain her. Do we?

>>42580923

a boat or a fridge would do better, probably.

>>42580923
>No, as a general rule, Ryukusa doesn't keep much in the way of cauldrons and furnishing in ~Nowhere~ outside of a sitting pillow or three. But the concept has merit.

>>42580917
>Not outside a Barrier - the last time she tried something like that it almost killed her.

>>42580917
[X] Start cutting through the branches with knives or shuriken!

Both Ryukusa and Akari are sharpshooters with thrown weapons and we probably have a ton of those.

>>42580642

I think I just got an idea

>>Gommenasai, Akari-niji-chan.

>Give her the para-sail, continue free-falling. Our attacker will have a surprise if he think he has the time to prepare, and if he doesn't he'd still have to deal with two separate foe

>[] Hush, let me take the brunt of this.

>>42581109

I don't think we're fast enough for this. Otherwise, Akari wouldn't worry

>>42581120

We can handle the branches, and then Akari can fall on the guy.

>>42581036
Could we use a short lived barrier to arrest our fall? Barrier up, get to ground, exit.

>>42581251
We've lost enough Shen, anon, but we can use the idea for other things.

>>42581405

We got a good ammount already, though, and better that than having Akari be hurt by her kryptonite

>>42581472

Though, even if I say this, I'd say giving her the para-sail is still a better plan, unless the open Barrier-exit Barrier one is really effortless.

The guy is a teacher of some kind, so Ryukusa has to keep as much power as she can.

Smart foes are so stress-inducing

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[X] Can you keep him off for as long as it takes me to heal?
[X] Gomennasai, niji-chan, I didn't know until he got here!
[XX] Hush, let me take the brunt of this.
[+] ….what a bunch of interesting ideas...
[Y] Situation FUBAR, but luckily, you're Clever and Dangerous.

Despite Akari's panic, not all is lost. In fact, you think you have a lot of ways to cope.

She's going to hate all of them.

Too bad.

You snap the cuff about her wrist with your left hand. “Sorry, Akari-niji-chan, but I didn't know it was him until he was on us. Any other kid of dragonne or dragonette I could have handled.” Which was probably why it was him of course. You grab a pillow out of ~Nowhere~ and press it to her midriff, wrapping the chain around her and the pillow with one hand and twisting the links into a knot with your left hand. “When you get close enough, use some kunai or knives or rocks and break off anything in your way. Here. You know how to use this?”

You push the para-sail into her arms and continue before she can say anything. “Good. All you have to do is land safely. He's not interested in you, he's just after me. I'll survive the fall – if worse comes to worse I'll make a Barrier and fly down, even if the kami get pissed.” Her eyes fairly blaze in alarm, because the last thing you want is to face Sakomu-sensei in a Barrier, even in a forest. He might not be an oni, but oni don't normally fight in Barriers either.

“When you do land, try and distract him long enough for me to heal completely.” You glance down. Three hundred feet. Time's up. You kiss her in the single second you have left....and then kick her as hard as you can in the direction opposite of down.

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>>42581841
….which means you slam into the branches and the ground harder, but it was worth it to save Akari. When you stand up, you're a mess of bruises and scratches, but otherwise you're actually pretty intact. Aside from the broken ribs, fractured skill, and torn ligaments in your shoulder. More importantly you aren't hearing Sakomu-sensei yet. If you're here, those stars there....he should be off to that side.

You take a moment to look at your left hand, which is actually bleeding, a line across your third finger joints like you'd punched a blade. Wait, you did, technically. The shattered sapphire is repairing too, though slowly, more slowly than the broken bones. The bleeding is thick and dark, and only stops when the healing is finished. You glance up and see the para-sail drifting off to the side. Some distance away.

Sakomu-sensei was one of Oba-san's personal bodyguards. He personally forged about half the weapons the main warriors of the clan use, and he's extremely skilled in combat of course. Every promising warrior got personal time with him, and that's almost every Water dragonne and dragonette, you included. He was strict but fair, and all business.

It's that last bit that has you worried.

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>>42581868
He's probably a few hundred years old, but he's never disobeyed any of the leaders of the Ryo clan that you've ever heard rumor of, and that makes him extremely unpredictable in a Barrier. As powerful as you are, you'd be a massive disadvantage in a fight against him....unless being a demigod has changed you that much. On the other hand, you've changed enough that you might be able to defeat him outside of a barrier. One thing is absolutely certain – he won't underestimate you ever again.

Your bones are all almost knit, and the ligaments and bruises are definitely gone, when you hear him approaching slowly from the direction of the ocean. He's probably already felt the vibrations of your heartbeat through the ground.

[] Into the trees of course. Wood beats stone.
[] Put a tree at your back and remember to buy toothpicks the next time you're in a store.
[] Tell him that's close enough and ask him if there is any discussion to be had.
[] Draw Okurimono-sama, and wait facing his direction.
[] Fill the area with fog since you can't sense his water personally.

>>42581893
>[] Into the trees of course. Wood beats stone.
>[] Fill the area with fog since you can't sense his water personally.

>>42581893
>[] Into the trees of course. Wood beats stone.
>[] Put a tree at your back and remember to buy toothpicks the next time you're in a store.

>>42581893
>[] Into the trees of course. Wood beats stone.
>[] Fill the area with fog since you can't sense his water personally.

>>42581893
>[x] Fill the area with fog since you can't sense his water personally.
>[x] Draw Okurimono-sama, and wait facing his direction.

>>42581893
>[] Tell him that's close enough and ask him if there is any discussion to be had.
>[] Draw Okurimono-sama, and wait facing his direction.
>[] Fill the area with fog since you can't sense his water personally.
At least we can set up some atmosphere.

>>42581893
>[X] Draw Okurimono-sama, and wait facing his direction.
>[X] Fill the area with fog since you can't sense his water personally.
>[X] Into the trees of course. Wood beats stone.

>>42581893
>[] Into the trees of course. Wood beats stone.
>[] Fill the area with fog since you can't sense his water personally.
Bring the woodpocalypse

>>42581893
>[X] Into the trees of course. Wood beats stone.
>[X] Fill the area with fog since you can't sense his water personally.

Too strong to take in a straight fight, and the ambush means he's not interested in diplomacy. Be crafty.

>>42581893
>[] Into the trees of course. Wood beats stone.
>[] Fill the area with fog since you can't sense his water personally.

>>42581893
>[] Into the trees of course. Wood beats stone.
>[] Fill the area with fog since you can't sense his water personally.

>>42581893
Why don't we have toothpicks? it feels like a thing we should have to fight our weakness.

>>42581893
>[] Fill the area with fog since you can't sense his water personally.

>>42582242

We have other wooden things.

>>42582339
We need wood frag grenades that use air pressure to shoot sharp splinters(since black power cant go into nowhere)

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[x] Draw Okurimono-sama, and wait facing his direction.
[X] Into the trees of course. Wood beats stone.
[X] Fill the area with fog since you can't sense his water personally.

You leap up into a tree and land lightly in the branches. It will counter his sense of vibrations, at least. Filling the area with a light fog is easily done, and you can now feel where he is within it, moving towards you still. Not directly, but close enough that you move through a few other trees. That makes him pause; he's listening for you now.

You slide Wakaba's gift from her sheath and that prompts him to hunker down. He has exceptional hearing, apparently, because you didn't make that much noise. He pulls another weapon – similar to the one you utterly destroyed – out of ~Nowhere~ and waits silently for one minute. Two minutes. Three. Long enough that you're fully healed, though still low on shen in comparison to him.

Gunshots explode some distance away: Akari clearing branches out of her way. Good. The para-sail rustles leaves and makes soft crashing noises. While you haven't the foggiest idea if she can counter his vibration sense, she knows how hers can be countered, so most likely she'll be up in the trees too.

[] Take the high road and get closer to him while she's still making noise.
[] Head to where she is while you have the opportunity.
[] See if he'll talk at least, perhaps postpone for a formal duel.
[] ….cut down a bunch of branches yourself and make the terrain as much a weapon as you can in your favor.
[] Contact Akari through the Void and see if you can get some kind, any kind of plan together.

>>42582399

When the law is enforced by gods, there is special Hells for those who try to use the letter of the law rather than its spirit, anon

Of course, the one who does it might end up ruling one of those Hells, but that's beside the point

>>42582505
>[] ….cut down a bunch of branches yourself and make the terrain as much a weapon as you can in your favor.

>>42582505
>[x] Take the high road and get closer to him while she's still making noise.

>>42582505

>Meditate. Slow your heart. Accept the Void, as all are one within it.

>>42582505
>[] ….cut down a bunch of branches yourself and make the terrain as much a weapon as you can in your favor.

>>42582505
>[] ….cut down a bunch of branches yourself and make the terrain as much a weapon as you can in your favor.

>>42582505
>[] Head to where she is while you have the opportunity.

>>42582505
>>42582610
Seconding. Void should work well against him lets try it.

>>42582610

What's the relationship between Stone and Void, again?

I feel like using Water Eyes, or even Void Eyes, would be good, but Dragonette-aniki is pretty low on Shen.

Feng Shui vision would definitively help in this situation, though, given he's an old and powerful Stone dragonne in a forest.

>>42582505
>[] ….cut down a bunch of branches yourself and make the terrain as much a weapon as you can in your favor.
>[] Contact Akari through the Void and see if you can get some kind, any kind of plan together.

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>>42582610

I say we still talk to him, but not right now. We can't just off him, but I have the feeling he'd just kill us where we stand if we try at the moment

>>42582808

Is it to say that Void is a bad idea against Stone?

>>42582864
It Depends. If used intelligently, it could work.

>>42582864
Void is better vs earth then water at lest.

>>42582864
Water is usually ineffective, Fire can energize if done improperly, Void's alright, and Wood is amazing.

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[XX] ….cut down a bunch of branches yourself and make the terrain as much a weapon as you can in your favor.
[X] Contact Akari through the Void and see if you can get some kind, any kind of plan together.
[+] CAREFULLY center yourself in the Void.

You use the distraction - and more importantly the vibrations – of Akari's landing to your advantage, and leap in and out of the trees several times, covering your landings with those of the branches you slices out of the trees using Okurimono-sama. The heavy thuds and crashes, not to mention the rattling of leaves and the rushing air seems to work well at masking your movements as you leap in and out of the trees.

When Akari has landed, you've turned the forest floor around you into a quagmire of fallen branches, leaves, and stout limbs stretching for almost a hundred feet in every direction , with you now off-center of it. The fallen branches and leaves won't protect you from his vibration sense – only live wood will do that – but it does mean you have the advantage of terrain and a bounty of weapons and tools at your disposal now.

The worrisome part is that even though he is aware of your new advantage, he hasn't simply left yet, or entered the earth.

….

Which makes no sense whatsoever.

Unless....

It's a decoy. It would have to be. Wouldn't it?

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>>42583526
You lean against the tree your sitting it, pressing your back to the cool wood, and close your eyes, taking deep, slow breaths. Meditating, breathes slow, steady. The Void is the source of thought and calm, of mind and the ephemeral. It has no great strengths against Stone, but it has no great weaknesses either, save that Stone can overact the Void, much as Wood was used to overact your meridians by Hidesato. Calm, calm, calm. Breathe. Consider.

He's patient, like all his kind. He older, and undoubtedly more stubborn. He's not stupid, not by any means, but he's going to consider his options carefully. He has forever – you're the one with a timeline. (Akari?)

(Hai, aniki. I'm five trees over from your left, towards the Northwest. I can't see him, or feel him. You've made the forest floor very dangerous to me.) She's not accusing, only letting you know that what hampers him, hampers her more. (He's here to kill you for certain, isn't he.)

(I have very little doubt.)

(We need help.)

She has a point. The nearest help is miles and miles away.

Except....Yui-niji-chan. She could get here quickly, and bring help. Yuuhi-chan might be able to come here in spirit, if not in flesh. And if Kiku-chan could make it to the mainland....she could be here almost immediately.

[] Contact Yuuhi-chan through the Void, see if she can assist.
[] Contact Kiku-chan, arrange for her to help.
[] Contact Yui-niji-chan, get her here.
[] Call on Yui-chan, have her bring Kiku-chan.
[] ….it's possibly dangerous, but Er Yin-sensei is asleep. Contact her in her dreams, see what a sorceress might be able to manage.

>>42583551
>[] Contact Yui-niji-chan, get her here.

>>42583551
>[x] Call on Yui-chan, have her bring Kiku-chan.

>>42583551
>[] Call on Yui-chan, have her bring Kiku-chan.

>>42583551
>[x] Contact Yuuhi-chan through the Void, see if she can assist.
If not have yui fly her here.
>[x] Contact Yui-niji-chan, get her here.
>[x] ….it's possibly dangerous, but Er Yin-sensei is asleep. Contact her in her dreams, see what a sorceress might be able to manage.
Kind of want to bring kiku but not sure if that is a good idea.
Be super careful of the bloody stone dragon.

>>42583551
>[] Call on Yui-chan, have her bring Kiku-chan.

>>42583551
Ideal would be wood I believe, but no way we getting Kiki out here. Oh well.
>[] Contact Yuuhi-chan through the Void, see if she can assist.

>>42583551
>[] Contact Yuuhi-chan through the Void, see if she can assist.

>>42583714
>>42583662
>>42583608

This would leave Kiki with only our nogitsune and our demigoddess as protection.

>>42583966
>only...demigoddess
Says something about the quest that.

>>42583980
We're a demigoddess hiding from the Stone dragonne. That says a hell of a lot more.

Dammit. He's not like Ryukusa's usual opponents, that's for sure.

I add

>Void Eyes

to my vote here >>42583940

>>42583551
>>42583714
I'll switch to
>[] Contact Yui-niji-chan, get her here.
then.

I really hope no fucker tries to interrupt our dates, afterward, because holy fuck

Maybe we should take the bull by the horn?

>>42583966
Leaving Kiki with less protection is concerning but I don't want to take this guy too lightly. I am hoping that we'll be able to take him out quicker this way.

>>42584154
I dunno if Oba-san's horns are easily grabbed anon.

Now would be a good time for Er Yin's spell to bring us another potential ally.

>>42584196

It could be a trap to make us divide our forces.

>>42584299
It definitely could be a trap and I am torn about what is the best choice here, but I went with my gut feeling.

Oh, I just got an idea.

We tell Akari to move away from us. Since the dragonne know of Akari's loyalty, he'll probably wonder what it means

>>42583551
Supporting >>42583697

Patience is a boon

Bring defeat to the Stone

When it meets Water

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[X] Contact Yui-niji-chan, get her here.

As much as you'd like to have the most competent of your family here, it would require taking Yui-niji-chan away as well. That would be leaving your principle – and wife – nearly unguarded. On the other hand, she might have intel....

(Yui.) She wakes up instantly.

(….Aniki?) She's not sleepy at all, though she is suffering from the jolted-awake-jitters.

(Wake up Kiku-chan. Tell her Ryuu Sakomu is here to kill me.) You could have tried to wake her yourself, but you suspect it would have been useless – shes a priestess, after all. Yui's sense of agreement is immediate and total, and she doesn't freak out or pester you. Definitely underrated, your niji-chan.

Kiku's voice is in your mind moments later. (Is it just you and Akari?)

(Yes.)

(What is he doing?)

(Waiting.)

You can feel her nervous tension increase. It's not a pleasant feeling. (How defensible are you?) The impressions and understanding you give her are far more detailed and succinct that words would be. (The branches and leaves aren't going to stop him well. They're weapons only, not deterrent.) She's worried. Really worried.

(Would Yui even the odds?)

To her credit, she considers the question seriously. (Yes, aniki. I would be better, but....)

(I know. And I don't want you to leave there. Three is the absolute minimum guard.) Another thought occurs to you. when you were weakened before, prayers helped. (I'm weakened. I burned up all my Shen....I'm only halfway recovered.)

>>42584646

Or: the only way Water can go through Stone is by being slow and steady.

He is trying to spook us, to make us act quick. But the thing is, we are the one who damaged him, not the other way around.

Even with his Stone dragonne's constitution, there is no way this hit to the solar plexus, through his sword, didn't damage him. And he can't recover like we do.

In other words, he's stalling for time,

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>>42584787
(Akari must protect you. Stay right there as long as you can.) You feel Kiki's sleeping consciousness slip from your awareness as well. One minute. Three. Five. Then you feel it. Strength, flowing into your body. Power....Shen.

They're praying.

You close your eyes, reveling in the sensation....and you can feel them, their love, their affection, their belief in you. Er Yin-sensei's consciousness fades from your awareness....then Jinyuu-onee-sama's. More power, more love, more hope. More strength. Your head feels clearer, your mind and body strengthening quickly. The world comes back into focus....and so does your mind. Your scattered wits solidify, and you return their prayers with your love, your awareness, your gratitude.

You open your eyes to the Void and SEE.

Power, flowing through the air, the living forces, the disruptions your work with the blade has caused, the strength that will come from that decay, the life that will sprout where it could not before. You can see the breath moving in Akari's presence, Sakumo's breaths, slow, steady. His immense strength, tied to the earth, grounded in it. The prayers, floating through he void to you, your own power, growing. You can see Yuuhi's ghostly form....her ikiryo, her living spirit, floats before you, her hands touching yours, her eyes closed as she channels their prayers directly to you.

He's waiting because he has nothing to lose and everything to gain. He's not using Barrier Combat because he isn't sure of your capabilities inside a Barrier. Otherwise he'd use that and try and overwhelm you with age and skill. Here, in the physical world, he ~has~ age and skill. He's older than you...but not as old as he believes he is. Nor are you the same person you were two hundred and some odd years ago. You have other, more dangerous skills now, ones Clan Ryo is not privy to.

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>>42584806
And you had no idea how badly your lowered Shen was screwing you up. You know better now. The prayers slow, then cease, and you feel invigorated, and as strong as you've ever, maybe stronger than you've ever been. (Domo arigatou gozimasu, minna.) their love and affection and hope – and above all, their trust – washes over you. Akari's attention is focused on you, awaiting orders.

[] Consult Akari on Stone dragonne Barrier Techniques.
[] Have Yui come anyways. Extra hands and a cloud-rider won't hurt.
[] Go to him. There's no point in a waiting game.
[] Create a Barrier – take away the few physical advantages he has despite his greater experience.
[] Talk to him now that he no longer had the entire advantage.

>>42584855
[x] Consult Akari on Stone dragonne Barrier Techniques.

>>42584855
>[] Consult Akari on Stone dragonne Barrier Techniques.
>[] Have Yui come anyways. Extra hands and a cloud-rider won't hurt.

>>42584855
>[] Consult Akari on Stone dragonne Barrier Techniques.
>[] Create a Barrier – take away the few physical advantages he has despite his greater experience.

>>42584855

Oh my~

As usual, XS and our family prove how awesome they are.

I propose this music for the prayer moment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-SBNgu1hO4

>[] Consult Akari on Stone dragonne Barrier Techniques.
>[] Create a Barrier – take away the few physical advantages he has despite his greater experience.
>[] Talk to him now that he no longer had the entire advantage.

>>42584855
>[x] Consult Akari on Stone dragonne Barrier Techniques.
>[x] Create a Barrier – take away the few physical advantages he has despite his greater experience.

>>42584855
>[] Consult Akari on Stone dragonne Barrier Techniques.
>[] Talk to him now that he no longer had the entire advantage.

>>42584855

[] Consult Akari on Stone dragonne Barrier Techniques.
[] Have Yui come anyways. Extra hands and a cloud-rider won't hurt.
[] Talk to him now that he no longer had the entire advantage.
I'd rather not let him have the experience advantage of being in a Barrier.

>>42585020

He wouldn't have that much experience advantage, since he most likely never faced someone like Ryukusa.

Plus, the Barrier would show him she's not monstrous.

>>42579313
Anyone have that edit of the snake with old snake torso? I've misplaced my copy of it.

>>42585065
That might make him see us as more monstrous. We look more like him than we do an ordinary dragonette in a barrier.

>>42584855
[] Consult Akari on Stone Dragonne Barrier Techniques.
[] Talk to him now that he no longer had the entire advantage.
>[] Use the fog, if we make noise, let it come to him from everywhere.

>>42584855
>[X] Talk to him now that he no longer had the entire advantage.

I just had a thought. I don't think Sakomu's attacking under Oba-san's orders, but of his own initiative. Remember, she wants to possess Ryukusa or whoever slays her as the demigod of destruction. It's too early.

>>42584855
>[] Consult Akari on Stone dragonne Barrier Techniques.
>[] Create a Barrier – take away the few physical advantages he has despite his greater experience.
>[] Talk to him now that he no longer had the entire advantage.

>>42584855
>[] Consult Akari on Stone dragonne Barrier Techniques.
>[] Create a Barrier – take away the few physical advantages he has despite his greater experience.
>[] Talk to him now that he no longer had the entire advantage.

>>42585135

We appears more divine in a Barrier

It's cerainly not an indicator of being less dangerous or malevolent than a monster, but it basically mean "mess with me, and you're messing with the Big Boss"

>>42585159

>Killing your own kind is always a waste, as far as you are concerned. Still renegades must be dealt with
>It's not honor that keeps the clans together, it's necessity. The world is a hostile place, and humans are making it more and more difficult for the spirit-children with every passing decade.

He's clearly a pragmatic trying to keep his Clan together, and it's true he seems the kind to do so on his own initiative. We must have caused more of a ruckus than previously thought, with our little show.

>>42585210

I'd be against saying that.

The cats are helping us, here. It's not a burden

>>42585310
You're right. We could joke about it, but Rie might take it badly. I'll delete my suggestion.

>>42585285
Its sad i like the normal way we handle problems normally but i don"t see us convincing him to betray oba-chan

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[XXXX] Consult Akari on Stone dragonne Barrier Techniques.
[XX] Talk to him now that he no longer had the entire advantage.
[X] Create a Barrier – take away the few physical advantages he has despite his greater experience.

(Akari-niji-chan, tell me about your techniques.) You're so much calmer, so much more relaxed, and your lack of tension eases her tension measurably. The prayers might have helped too, if she was praying.

(Most of our techniques center on our strength and toughness. Our dragon form is all sharp edges and terrible blades, and even our least physical techniques are centered on being inscrutable and unfathomable. We're really the very opposite of everything you are. Our elemental techniques involve commanding earth and stone.) You remember that – the last time you met Anonimous you fought an oni-child with that ability. All very physical, and what isn't physical is designed to foil your ability to deduce nearly everything. (But he may have different techniques than I do, too.)

That is possible – he's probably going to prefer a weapon than use Akari's open hand techniques. The elemental powers will be almost useless against you in a Barrier, being able to fly. So, most likely, dragon techniques, weapon and strength. You don't think he's the kind to be inscrutable, patient as he is. He seems far more interested in direct confrontation, regardless of how long it takes.

Closing your Void eyes, you open your Water eyes, and things fall into place even faster. The reason Kiku-chan warned you would would only be a weapon is because with his level of strength he would just move through it and push it aside – dead branches aren't a threat except as weapons used against him. The living trees would be a hindrance, but that's why he'd carry a weapon. It would be less effective, but not IN-effective.

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>>42586485
With sharpened clarity comes sharpened memory. (Akari. He was with Musumi Kanako when we met them on the way to deal with the foreigners. His true nature hidden, but he was there.) He must have been one of the ones who broke off early. If Kanako had known he was there, you have very little doubt she would have pushed for a fight. A simple disguise is sometimes best when you have as vast a reputation as his.

(No wonder he found us.) She considers and then says something which is a little surprising. (Perhaps you should make a formal duel after all. At least you would have the opportunity to come to terms and see what techniques he would choose.)

(....if it comes to that, I'd rather have you fighting at my side, Akari. Even against someone like him. Especially someone like him.) Her blush isn't visible to you, but you can feel it well enough now.

Using the wind and fog, you swirl your voice around him. “Ryuu Sakomu, greetings. I'm afraid you've caught me at a bad time. Is there anything particular you would be interested in aside from my head? I think Oba-san wants it attached still.” It's a good bet. Hard to possess a corpse and get any real use out of it. You think. Actually, you're not sure. Is that Chinese black magic? Oh, right, bad guy!

He speaks in a normal tone of voice, sure that the wind will carry his voice to you. Ohhh, clever bastard, he was going to home in on where his voiced ended up with that sharp hearing of his! You'll have to remember that trick! As a workaround, you make HIS voice echo all around the debris-strewn glade as well.

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>>42586513
“Ryuu Ryu....Ryukusa.” Yes, that earned you some grudging respect. “I am afraid I am here to put an end to your renegade activities. I have very little doubt you'll renounce them, so I must take matters in hand.” Yep, he definitely heard that speech.

“I see. Ending the problem before it starts sort of thing. Well, in that case we have a problem. You're certain there's no way we can end this amicably?” Even as you speak, he's sinking into the earth and moving forward, sliding into the ground and moving towards the center of the destruction you caused. Too bad you're not there.

“If you were to renounce your renegade activities and return to Clan Ryuu, then we could end this here and now. I would even accept your word for it.” He would to – he knows you're a demigod and your word would be binding. You stand up on the branch and take the nodachi in both hands. He slides deeper into her earth, only his head showing. “Be we both know you cannot do this thing.”

You don't bother answering – he can't hear you, as he sinks into the ground, vanishing without a trace. Hunting you.

Too bad he's going to find you.

~To Be Continued....

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Thank you for readign and playing, and indulging in the little segue and my slowness at lookign up some information.

Next episode will be early next week and take into account the Barrier choice.

Twitter: @XsQuestmistress

Previous Thread: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/41584822/

Interlude: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/37879167/

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Kiku is 5' 1" for ever and ever. Lesbian submissive.
Akari is 5' 3", and has another few inches to grow. Sexuality is weird, switch, cosplayer.
Yui is 5' 6" and will only grow due to circumstances beyond her control. Dyke, switch.
Kiki is 5' 6", and is at full growth. Bisexual bottom.
Ryukusa is tall at 5' 8", but this becomes 6' in her true form. She is fully grown. Lesbian top.
Er Yin is the tallest at 5' 10" and is fully grown. Lesbian dominant.
Jinyuu is 5' 7" but persistently hovers an extra three inches above the ground or floor because of her nature as a seer. Straight.
Hinata-hakase is 6' 3". Sexuality is terrifying.
Hidesato is 5' 5". Straight.
Kushinada is 5' 8". Straighter.
Taisho Ryoga is 5' 9". Who knows.
Hyun Chisato is 5' 4”, and is fully grown. Lolicon with plausible deniability.
Rie is 8” tall or 5' 5”, and is fully cat. Her sexuality is cat.
Hagyu Genso is 12' 5” standing upright. He is by and large gay.
Mizumi Shoko is 7' 2”, is fully grown. Bisexual top.
Yuuhi is 4'11” and is fully grown. Yuuhi a cute.
Tokei Isusangi, Inau-kun is 5' 3” and still confused.
Reiha is 5' 5 1/2”, and is milfy.
Peta is 3' 2”. Peta is \>.</ aka Her Most Imperial Highness Patanjali Piri Yokuhime Kuronogitsune Pa
Detective-san, aka Mugon Chujo is fully grown at 5'11”, and straight.
Kenji Soomi is 5' 4” and gothic lolita.
Musumi Kanako is 5' 6.5”, and is pretty straight.
Hebiki Naoto is 5' 9” and belligerently omnivorous, sexually. You hope only sexually.
Kodachi Umetsume is 5' 4”, and fully grown. Practicing asexual.
Melinda Blitzenberg is 5'10”, fully grown and horrible. Maybe confused.
Ryuu Wakaba is a head shorter and also deceased.
Margaret Steinhausen is gratefully dead.

>>42586565
Thanks for running!
It was fun.

>>42586538
Thanks for running XS. The feels when you stay awake till morning to read bloody quests.

>>42586565
Thanks for the thread.
Man, this guy sure is a pain to fight.

>>42586565
Thanks for running XS.

As a side note, I have mentioned that I will remember for the players things that are relevant to the situations Ryukusa is in - she is a Clever dragonette after all. Strength from prayers is not somethign she should indulge in often, but on rare occasion, especially after she's earned them, it can be a lifesaver.

>>42586653
Well, he is an adult. Ryukusa is still young, despite her horrible experience.

It didn't help that Ryukusa was severely out of Shen - it's not just life force, there is a physical component to it for spirit-children.

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Yuuhi fanart.

>>42586796
That's adorable.

>>42586565
Thank you for running, XS. Be careful, the temperature's going up after the rain, and the combo of that and the winds could start the fires up again.

>>42586796
Most cutest fox

>>42586825
Oh, the fires weren't subdued by the rain, sadly. I live in a position between thee two massive fires, and the smoke meets in the middle. But hopefully the next few days will be okay. I'm hoping for monday run.

>>42586796
>WIP
Gonna color it too?

>>42586877
Not the original artist, just reposting it.

>>42587013
Ah, well I can dream.

Thanks for the thread!